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trösta

console

Meaning

console

In Swedish: ge tröst

Conjugation

Conjugation of trösta (console)
Infinitive	att trösta	to console
Present	tröstar	jag tröstar
Past	tröstade	jag tröstade
Supine	tröstat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har tröstat	jag har tröstat
Past perfect	hade tröstat	jag hade tröstat
Future	ska trösta	or: kommer att trösta
Conditional	skulle trösta	jag skulle trösta
Imperative	trösta!	a command
Present participle	tröstande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	tröstad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of trösta
Infinitive	tröstas
Present	tröstas
Past	tröstades
Supine	tröstats

Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use tröstar. See the four verb groups explained.

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trösta in a sentence

barnet lät sig inte tröstas
the child was inconsolable
hon tröstade sig med att det skulle gå över
she consoled herself by reminding herself that it would pass
trösta ett ledset barn
comfort a sad child
trösta sig med något
take comfort in something

Questions

What does trösta mean in English?

trösta means “console”.

What is the past tense of trösta?

The past tense of trösta is tröstade (“jag tröstade”). The supine is tröstat, used in “jag har tröstat”.

What is the present tense of trösta?

tröstar, the same for every person: jag tröstar, du tröstar, vi tröstar.

Nearby common words

trösta is number 3,948 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,944potential potential
3,945stressad stressed
3,946syfta aim
3,947måltavla a target (shooting target), a target (something (easily) attacked, concretely or abstractly)
3,949grip Grepp
3,951olaglig illegal, unlawful
3,952dvärg dwarf
3,953skandal scandal

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary